Version 4.7 sent to AppStore (BookOrbit, Calibre virtual libraries and more)

petrjahoda · Yesterday, 02:54 AM

■ New features
- Keyboard support on iPad. Arrows, Space, Page Up and Page Down turn pages in every reader, and a menu bar puts the tabs, Search, Import from Files and the whole Book menu on Command shortcuts. Hold Command in a book to see the list.
- BookOrbit. Connect a BookOrbit server from the Library ••• menu, download its books, and keep progress, highlights, notes and bookmarks in step in both directions. Your reading sessions go to its statistics.
- Calibre virtual libraries. The title of the Calibre Books sheet is now a menu that shows one virtual library from your server. When you sync, you pick which of them become collections.
- Filter by author. The library filter sheet gains an Authors section, a searchable list with a count for every author, where you include or exclude any of them.
- Audiobooks from Calibre. M4B, M4A, MP3, AAC and FLAC now download from a Calibre server, and an Audiobooks only filter finds them. A book that also has an EPUB or PDF still downloads that.
- Single sign-on for Grimmory. A server that signs its users in through an identity provider now offers a Sign in button in the connection sheet.
- Dim only the book. Settings > Reading > Reader Screen gains Brightness Applies To, set to Whole Device or This App Only. On This App Only the slider on the screen edge dims the page instead of the device.

■ Improvements
- The library, Home, search and statistics are faster.
- Books open faster, and the images inside a book stay ready for the next time you open it.
- Covers load faster in lists and in Calibre.
- Two imports at the same time keep both books.
- Deleting a book no longer removes it from your statistics. A book you read keeps its cover there and still counts as finished.

■ Fixes
- Highlights that arrived from another device are drawn again.
- The highlight menu keeps all its buttons on screen.
- A book opened from a widget or Spotlight while the app starts now opens.
- Editing a book while the metadata scan runs keeps your changes, your reading status and your own cover.
- An interrupted database restore recovers at the next launch.
- Read Aloud and the audiobook player no longer take the playback controls from each other.
- The subscription screen recovers when prices fail to load.
- Highlights exported as PDF no longer cut off long text.
- A large book from a Calibre server downloads to the end instead of stopping partway.
- OPDS paging, incomplete downloads and selecting several Grimmory books at once are fixed.

■ Localization
- All the new text is natively translated across all 18 supported languages.

Docuro · Yesterday, 05:03 AM

It‘s already there ��

petrjahoda · Yesterday, 05:06 AM

Yes it is :-).
People at Apple reviewing this version were too fast for me now :-).

Docuro · Yesterday, 07:37 AM

Yes. This morning I was astonished that the App told me that there is a new version - without a notice here

culytera · Yesterday, 11:56 PM

Love the Virtual Library update! Selecting a virtual library from the Calibre Sync window is a bit finicky, sometimes I accidentally close the window when tapping the selector. Probably because I tapped too close to the bar thing at the top. There's already a close button on the left, I don't know if there's a difference in behavior between the bar at the top and the close button.

Sometimes in Calibre Sync, it'll detect a book as changed despite having the same modified date in Calibre and justread. I'm not sure how to replicate this consistently. I'll try to do more tests.

Is there a way to disable the share dialog from being brought up automatically after closing a finished book for the first time?

Why does justread need to extract metadata for all books despite syncing only a few books?

petrjahoda · Today, 03:33 AM

Hello Culytera, thank you for the feedback and let's go to answers.
1. As I remember, you are using iPAD, right? As the selection of virtual libraries is in the middle of sheet and the close button to the left, I do not think you accidentally hit the close button, I think maybe you accidentally tapped outside the sheet... that closes the sheet, which is a standard iOS behavior.
2. About that detection: it should always show what is changed for that book... can you please give me more information, or maybe screenshot?
3. Sharing opens automatically for now.
4. I played with this metadata extraction a little bit after reading your comment, so this will be changed in upcoming release

Yesterday, 02:54 AM	#1
petrjahoda Fanatic Posts: 505 Karma: 3774598 Join Date: Dec 2025 Location: Czech Republic Device: iphone, ipad	Version 4.7 sent to AppStore (BookOrbit, Calibre virtual libraries and more) ■ New features - Keyboard support on iPad. Arrows, Space, Page Up and Page Down turn pages in every reader, and a menu bar puts the tabs, Search, Import from Files and the whole Book menu on Command shortcuts. Hold Command in a book to see the list. - BookOrbit. Connect a BookOrbit server from the Library ••• menu, download its books, and keep progress, highlights, notes and bookmarks in step in both directions. Your reading sessions go to its statistics. - Calibre virtual libraries. The title of the Calibre Books sheet is now a menu that shows one virtual library from your server. When you sync, you pick which of them become collections. - Filter by author. The library filter sheet gains an Authors section, a searchable list with a count for every author, where you include or exclude any of them. - Audiobooks from Calibre. M4B, M4A, MP3, AAC and FLAC now download from a Calibre server, and an Audiobooks only filter finds them. A book that also has an EPUB or PDF still downloads that. - Single sign-on for Grimmory. A server that signs its users in through an identity provider now offers a Sign in button in the connection sheet. - Dim only the book. Settings > Reading > Reader Screen gains Brightness Applies To, set to Whole Device or This App Only. On This App Only the slider on the screen edge dims the page instead of the device. ■ Improvements - The library, Home, search and statistics are faster. - Books open faster, and the images inside a book stay ready for the next time you open it. - Covers load faster in lists and in Calibre. - Two imports at the same time keep both books. - Deleting a book no longer removes it from your statistics. A book you read keeps its cover there and still counts as finished. ■ Fixes - Highlights that arrived from another device are drawn again. - The highlight menu keeps all its buttons on screen. - A book opened from a widget or Spotlight while the app starts now opens. - Editing a book while the metadata scan runs keeps your changes, your reading status and your own cover. - An interrupted database restore recovers at the next launch. - Read Aloud and the audiobook player no longer take the playback controls from each other. - The subscription screen recovers when prices fail to load. - Highlights exported as PDF no longer cut off long text. - A large book from a Calibre server downloads to the end instead of stopping partway. - OPDS paging, incomplete downloads and selecting several Grimmory books at once are fixed. ■ Localization - All the new text is natively translated across all 18 supported languages. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by petrjahoda; Yesterday at 07:25 AM.

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Yesterday, 05:03 AM	#2
Docuro Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2026 Location: Europe - Germany Device: Kobo Libra Color, Kindle Paperwhite, IPad	It‘s already there ��

Yesterday, 05:06 AM	#3
petrjahoda Fanatic Posts: 505 Karma: 3774598 Join Date: Dec 2025 Location: Czech Republic Device: iphone, ipad	Yes it is :-). People at Apple reviewing this version were too fast for me now :-).

Yesterday, 07:37 AM	#4
Docuro Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2026 Location: Europe - Germany Device: Kobo Libra Color, Kindle Paperwhite, IPad	Yes. This morning I was astonished that the App told me that there is a new version - without a notice here

Yesterday, 11:56 PM	#5
culytera Groupie Posts: 172 Karma: 295686 Join Date: Jul 2021 Device: iPhone	Love the Virtual Library update! Selecting a virtual library from the Calibre Sync window is a bit finicky, sometimes I accidentally close the window when tapping the selector. Probably because I tapped too close to the bar thing at the top. There's already a close button on the left, I don't know if there's a difference in behavior between the bar at the top and the close button. Sometimes in Calibre Sync, it'll detect a book as changed despite having the same modified date in Calibre and justread. I'm not sure how to replicate this consistently. I'll try to do more tests. Is there a way to disable the share dialog from being brought up automatically after closing a finished book for the first time? Why does justread need to extract metadata for all books despite syncing only a few books?

Today, 03:33 AM	#6
petrjahoda Fanatic Posts: 505 Karma: 3774598 Join Date: Dec 2025 Location: Czech Republic Device: iphone, ipad	Hello Culytera, thank you for the feedback and let's go to answers. 1. As I remember, you are using iPAD, right? As the selection of virtual libraries is in the middle of sheet and the close button to the left, I do not think you accidentally hit the close button, I think maybe you accidentally tapped outside the sheet... that closes the sheet, which is a standard iOS behavior. 2. About that detection: it should always show what is changed for that book... can you please give me more information, or maybe screenshot? 3. Sharing opens automatically for now. 4. I played with this metadata extraction a little bit after reading your comment, so this will be changed in upcoming release